Abstract delegate class for rendering an item in an item view. More...

#include <Wt/WAbstractItemDelegate>

Inheritance diagram for Wt::WAbstractItemDelegate:

Public Member Functions
	WAbstractItemDelegate (WObject *parent=0)
	Constructor.

virtual	~WAbstractItemDelegate ()
	Destructor.

virtual WWidget *	update (WWidget *widget, const WModelIndex &index, WFlags< ViewItemRenderFlag > flags)=0
	Creates or updates a widget that renders an item. More...

virtual void	updateModelIndex (WWidget *widget, const WModelIndex &index)
	Updates the model index of a widget. More...

virtual boost::any	editState (WWidget *widget) const
	Returns the current edit state. More...

virtual void	setEditState (WWidget *widget, const boost::any &value) const
	Sets the editor data from the editor state. More...

virtual WValidator::State	validate (const WModelIndex &index, const boost::any &editState) const
	Returns whether the edited value is valid. More...

virtual void	setModelData (const boost::any &editState, WAbstractItemModel *model, const WModelIndex &index) const
	Saves the edited data to the model. More...

Signal< WWidget *, bool > &	closeEditor ()
	Signal which indicates that an editor needs to be closed. More...

const Signal< WWidget *, bool > &	closeEditor () const
	Signal which indicates that an editor needs to be closed. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from Wt::WObject
	WObject (WObject *parent=0)
	Create a WObject with a given parent object. More...

virtual	~WObject ()
	Destructor. More...

virtual const std::string	id () const
	Returns the (unique) identifier for this object. More...

virtual void	setObjectName (const std::string &name)
	Sets an object name. More...

virtual std::string	objectName () const
	Returns the object name. More...

void	resetLearnedSlots ()
	Resets learned stateless slot implementations. More...

template<class T >
void	resetLearnedSlot (void(T::*method)())
	Resets a learned stateless slot implementation. More...

template<class T >
WStatelessSlot *	implementStateless (void(T::*method)())
	Declares a slot to be stateless and learn client-side behaviour on first invocation. More...

template<class T >
WStatelessSlot *	implementStateless (void(T::method)(), void(T::undoMethod)())
	Declares a slot to be stateless and learn client-side behaviour in advance. More...

void	isNotStateless ()
	Marks the current function as not stateless. More...

template<class T >
WStatelessSlot *	implementJavaScript (void(T::*method)(), const std::string &jsCode)
	Provides a JavaScript implementation for a method. More...

void	addChild (WObject *child)
	Adds a child object. More...

virtual void	removeChild (WObject *child)
	Removes a child object. More...

const std::vector< WObject * > &	children () const
	Returns the children.

WObject *	parent () const
	Returns the parent object.

Additional Inherited Members
Public Types inherited from Wt::WObject
typedef void(WObject::*	Method) ()
	Typedef for a WObject method without arguments.

Protected Member Functions inherited from Wt::WObject
virtual WStatelessSlot *	getStateless (Method method)
	On-demand stateless slot implementation. More...

Static Protected Member Functions inherited from Wt::WObject
static WObject *	sender ()
	Returns the sender of the current slot call. More...

Detailed Description

Abstract delegate class for rendering an item in an item view.

Rendering of an item in a WAbstractItemView is delegated to an implementation of this delegate class. The default implementation used by Wt's item views is WItemDelegate. To provide specialized rendering support, you can reimplement this class (or specialize WItemDelegate).

As a delegate is used for rendering multiple items, the class should not keep state about one specific item.

A delegate may provide editing support by instantiating an editor when update() is called with the Wt::RenderEditing flag. In that case, you will also need to implement editState() and setEditState() to support virtual scrolling and setModelData() to save the edited value to the model. For an example, see the WItemDelegate.

See also: WAbstractItemView::setItemDelegateForColumn()

Member Function Documentation

Signal<WWidget *, bool>& Wt::WAbstractItemDelegate::closeEditor ( )

Signal which indicates that an editor needs to be closed.

The delegate should emit this signal when it decides for itself that it should be closed (e.g. because the user confirmed the edited value or cancelled the editing). The View will then rerender the item if needed.

The second boolean argument passed to the signal is a flag which indicates whether the editor feels that the value should be saved or cancelled.

See also: WAbstractItemView::closeEditor()

const Signal<WWidget *, bool>& Wt::WAbstractItemDelegate::closeEditor ( ) const

Signal which indicates that an editor needs to be closed.

See also: closeEditor()

boost::any Wt::WAbstractItemDelegate::editState ( WWidget * widget ) const

virtual

Returns the current edit state.

Because a View may support virtual scrolling in combination with editing, it may happen that the view decides to delete the editor widget while the user is editing. To allow to reconstruct the editor in its original state, the View will therefore ask for the editor to serialize its state in a boost::any.

When the view decides to close an editor and save its value back to the model, he will first call editState() and then setModelData().

The default implementation assumes a read-only delegate, and returns a boost::any().

See also: setEditState(), setModelData()

Reimplemented in Wt::WItemDelegate.

void Wt::WAbstractItemDelegate::setEditState	(	WWidget *	widget,
		const boost::any &	value
	)		const

virtual

Sets the editor data from the editor state.

When the View scrolls back into view an item that was being edited, he will use setEditState() to allow the editor to restore its current editor state.

The default implementation assumes a read-only delegate and does nothing.

See also: editState()

Reimplemented in Wt::WItemDelegate.

void Wt::WAbstractItemDelegate::setModelData	(	const boost::any &	editState,
		WAbstractItemModel *	model,
		const WModelIndex &	index
	)		const

virtual

Saves the edited data to the model.

The View will use this method to save the edited value to the model. The editState is first fetched from the editor using editState().

The default implementation assumes a read-only delegate does nothing.

Reimplemented in Wt::WItemDelegate.

virtual WWidget* Wt::WAbstractItemDelegate::update	(	WWidget *	widget,
		const WModelIndex &	index,
		WFlags< ViewItemRenderFlag >	flags
	)

pure virtual

Creates or updates a widget that renders an item.

The item is specified by its model index, which also indicates the model. If an existing widget already renders the item, but needs to be updated, it is passed as the widget parameter. You may decide to create a new widget, in which case you are responsible to delete the previous widget if it is not reused.

When widget is 0, a new widget needs to be created.

The returned widget should be a widget that responds properly to be given a height, width and style class. In practice, that means it cannot have a border or margin, and thus cannot be a WFormWidget since those widgets typically have built-in borders and margins. If you want to return a form widget (for editing the item), you should wrap it in a container widget.

The flags parameter indicates options for rendering the item.

Implemented in Wt::WItemDelegate.

void Wt::WAbstractItemDelegate::updateModelIndex	(	WWidget *	widget,
		const WModelIndex &	index
	)

virtual

Updates the model index of a widget.

This method is invoked by the view when due to row/column insertions or removals, the index has shifted.

You should reimplement this method only if you are storing the model index in the widget, to update the stored model index.

The default implementation does nothing.

Reimplemented in Wt::WItemDelegate.

WValidator::State Wt::WAbstractItemDelegate::validate	(	const WModelIndex &	index,
		const boost::any &	editState
	)		const

virtual

Returns whether the edited value is valid.

The default implementation does nothing and returns Valid.

See also: WValidator::validate()

Public Member Functions

Additional Inherited Members

Detailed Description

Member Function Documentation